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Toph Beifong · 北方拓芙 ([personal profile] fieldtrip) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs2024-08-01 10:03 am

Free Night at the Casino

Who: OPEN to all / mingle log
Where: Queens (the casino!)
What: Wow July sure was a month! Time to take a breather and have a night out, courtesy of Toph and Mitsuru!
Warnings: N/A

FREE NIGHT AT THE CASINO
GAMBLING
Feeling down after that space infestation made you murder some friends? Getting tempted to bury yourself in the sand at the beach so no one can ever perceive you again?

Time for a tone shift! It's a free night at the casino. For tonight only, chips mean nothing -- which means everyone gets a rack of chips when they walk in and can let loose! Entertainment, food, and drink are also free within reason. (Abuse the privilege and find out who works security here the hard way!)

Welcome to Queens, the formerly shady but now revamped and reimagined casino in the entertainment district of Aldrip. Classy and minimalist but not gaudy, it's run, staffed, and heavily patronized by Chosen. Maybe you know someone who works there, maybe someone dragged you in to lighten up for once, maybe you're just stopping by for some fun.

Appropriately, the most popular game of the night is Queen's Blood, with tables set aside purely for teaching. There's also the standard casino games available in spades -- poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, blackjack, and so forth.
AT THE CLUB
It wouldn't be a casino without alcohol, music, and dancing. There's a low-key bar for those looking to have a conversation where they can hear one another over the pleasant live jazz, and a much livelier dance floor set off to the side in a different part of the casino with a DJ playing dance music.
FIGHTING TOURNAMENT
Beneath the casino is a massive underground cavern converted into a fighting arena.

It's a bit hard to find, intentionally -- either you were personally invited by someone or you stumbled across the covert speakeasy-style entrance in a corner of the main floor, possibly from the people jostling to go in and out. The stairs go down and down until they suddenly open out into the huge room, lined in walkways to view the fight.

There's three circuits to the fighting tournament: a bracket for fighting with powers, a bracket for fighting without powers (hand-to-hand and weapons only), and a shooting competition. Toph ([personal profile] fieldtrip) serves as referee for all of the above and is prepared to break up anything that goes too far. This is just for fun, folks!

Sign up in the comment below and maybe you'll even win something! Toph promises a super cool prize to the winner of each circuit!
FORTUNE TELLING
Get a free tarot reading!

It does seem like some of the glitching in Aldrip has made it maybe a little more accurate than usual lately... or maybe that's inaccurate? Feel free to have the cards have a real effect on them with a glitch!
DOG THERAPY
In one peaceful corner away from the din and bustle is a dog petting station. All manner of adorable and highly trained dogs are available for cuddles and play time.

Some of them are even up for adoption if you want to take one home!

Kakashi ([personal profile] battlefieldbrat) runs and operates this station with the kind supervision of Koromaru, our local good boy.

Code by [personal profile] 10billionghosts.

laserguy: (watch me become co-dependent with jean)

[personal profile] laserguy 2024-08-06 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[That actually draws a surprised laugh from Scott-- wait, Vincent is serious, isn't he? No way. As if double checking, the mutant squints at him from behind his shades before breaking into a genuine smile. For the time being, the heavy exhaustion that's been weighing on him seemingly disappears.

Leave it to the most serious man on this planet to make him feel just a little more like himself again.]


Seriously man? Okay, I'll admit, those titles are way better than just master. [It's so extra---] What's the lowest rank called then? Blood peasant?
depressionnap: (save me)

[personal profile] depressionnap 2024-08-13 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. [Vincent folds his arms.] As a matter of fact, it is.

[It's a strange feeling, knowing that he can offer a shred of levity to Scott. Considering how everything has panned out, it's a feat in itself. Even for Vincent himself.]

I suppose I'll have to mention it to Toph if she plans to continue Queen's Blood here. I'm sure it'll catch on no problem.
laserguy: (hehe)

[personal profile] laserguy 2024-08-13 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dude no way.]

Okay, the ranking system has to be implemented. No question about it. [Even if it means that he has to start off as a Blood Peasant. That's just like more motivation to move up the ranks so that he can have cool sounding titles.]

And if you lose, you have to like cut your palm and sacrifice your blood to the victor.

[Okay he's joking now, but it's kind of nice to be like this again.]
depressionnap: (you are the life)

[personal profile] depressionnap 2024-08-14 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'll make sure to bring it up. Nothing wrong with a bit more competitiveness.

[And it doesn't hurt that it's just a card game here. A bit of a relief; Vincent hadn't been keen on guarding that card for as long as he did anyway.]

Blood to the victor. Hm, you say that and I'm supposed to be the vampire?
laserguy: (smirk)

[personal profile] laserguy 2024-08-16 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Just going along with the theme, that's all. Queen's Blood, Blood Peasant, Blood Executioner...

[He really is getting a little more excited about this. Guess he's going to put some actual effort and time into thinking up strategies for his deck. Maybe he'll rope Kotone into this, if so he can beat her all the time in this game--

He smirks up at Vincent.]
Besides, I'm not hearing any protest from you.